Museum recreates a taste of Versailles

NEW YORK - A new exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York seeks to recreate some of the grandeur of the Versailles royal palace in France.

At first, the idea was to create a book based on the accounts of people who visited the palace, such as diplomats and nobles.

But Danielle Kisluk-Grosheide, who's in charge of decorative art and sculpture at the Met, and Bertrand Rondot, chief curator at Versailles, ultimately decided to do a full-blown exhibit, which is open through July 29.